same little later in Austria and Switzerland. Winner: Michael Hirte (Harmonica player) Runner-up: Kelvin Kalvus (Contact juggler) 3rd: Marcel Pietruch (Hip-Hop dancer) 4th: Vanessa Krasniqi (Singer) 5th: Yosefin Buohler (Singer) 6th: Christoph Haese (Trapeze act) 7th: Shinouda Ayad (Derwish dancer) 8th: Lucas Wecker (Violinist) 9th: Carlos Fassanelli (Singer) 10th: Duri Krasniqi (Singer) Season 3 (2009) The third season premiered on 16 October 2009 on RTL and ended on 19 December 2009. The judge line-up remained the same from Season 2. Due to the high viewing figures in the second season, RTL Television increased the number of the audition episodes from 4 to 7 and the number of the semi-finalists from 24 to 30. Yvo Antoni won this season and €100.000 for an act with his dog, which received a controversial response. Winner: Yvo Antoni & PrimaDonna (Dog act) Runner-up: Vanessa Calcagno (Opera singer) 3rd: Petruța Küpper (Panpipe player) 4th: Davy Kaufmann (Singer) 5th: Richard Istel (Singer) 6th: Fabienne Bender (Blind singer and keyboard player) 7th: Oliver Roemer (Singer) 8th: Karin Andreev (Opera singer) 9th: Hannes Schwarz (Fire act) 10th: Tamina Geuting (Singer) 11th: Carlotta Truman (Singer) 12th: Sven Mattiß & Sebastian Wöhrl (Trapeze and taiko duo) Season 4 (2010) Season 4 began on 16 May 2010 in Frankfurt am Main. The first episode was screened on 24 September 2010 on RTL and the last on 18 December 2010. The judges and the hosts returned for this season. The first episode had some of the best quotes of all the seasons: 7.47 million viewers. The second episode the following day topped that with 7.74 million viewers. The top 40 semi-finals began on 27 November. The opera singer Freddy Sahin-Scholl, who has two different voices during the singing, won this season and €100,000. Winner: Freddy Sahin-Scholl (Opera singer with two different voices) Runner-up: Michael Holderbusch (Singer) 3rd: Tobias Kramer (Deaf dancer) 4th: Andrea Renzullo (Singer) 5th: Ramona Fottner (Singer) 6th: Natalya Netselya (Sand artist) 7th: Stevie Starr (Regurgitator) 8th: Darko Kordic (Singer) 9th: Thomas Lohse (Pianist) 10th: Bubble Beatz (Percussion on trash act) 11th: Daniele Domizio (Michael Jackson impersonator) 12th: Ruddy Estevez (Opera singer) Season 5 (2011) The fifth season premiered on 16 September 2011 on RTL and ended on 17 December 2011, while the castings started on 1 May in Hamburg. The judge line-up was changed as Bruce Darnell decided to leave the show to be replaced by professional dancer Motsi